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Professor Cerise (Japanese: サクラギ博士 Dr. Sakuragi) is a Pokémon Professor who appeared in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. He is the father of Chloe and the professor of the Cerise Laboratory in Vermilion City.

In the anime

History

Pre-series

As revealed in Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!, Professor Cerise met his wife, Talia, when they attended the same high school. After noticing that Talia wasn't drawing anymore, he encouraged her to continue pursuing her dreams to become a comic book artist.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Professor Cerise made a cameo in a fantasy in Enter Pikachu!. He physically debuted in Legend? Go! Friends? Go! during the opening ceremony of Cerise Laboratory, where he explained his goal of studying everything about Pokémon to better understand them and the world itself. During his speech, Cerise received an alert of changes in the atmosphere, leading him to predict the appearance of a rare Pokémon at the Vermilion harbor.

Later, he was impressed after hearing Ash and Goh's findings after their encounter with the rare Pokémon, Lugia, and offered the two to become research fellows at his lab, which they accepted. Afterward, Cerise offered Goh to choose one of the Kanto first partner Pokémon, but Goh declined, wanting to make Mew his first Pokémon instead.

In Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!, Cerise gave Ash a smartphone before releasing his two Rotom from their Poké Balls. The Rotom proceeded to enter Ash and Goh's smartphones, turning them into Rotom Phones. Since then, Cerise has been sending Ash and Goh on various missions around the Pokémon world.

In Dreams Are Made of These!, Cerise accompanied some children during a Pokémon Orienteering competition, where he competed against a team led by Chloe and Goh and another led by Ash. At the end of the day, his team became the winners of the competition when they arrived first at the finish. He encouraged all participants to pursue their respective dreams, however.

In To Train, or Not to Train!, Chloe befriended an Eevee and caught her. After this, Professor Cerise handed his daughter a Rotom Phone.

In Reuniting for the First Time!, Professor Cerise watched Chloe's participation in the Contest Spectacular in Lilycove City. He was quite proud of his daughter's progress after the performance.

In Radio Lulled the Mischievous Stars!, Professor Cerise became a fan of Team Rocket's radio show, along with Ren. He quickly became an avid listener and managed to receive multiple badges for his participation.

In Infinite Possibilities!, Professor Cerise took Chloe on a camping trip, where he encountered Grover from his childhood.

Character

Professor Cerise is a calm but friendly person. He is very knowledgeable about Pokémon, being deemed a genius since he was young. He is also exceptionally enthusiastic when it comes to studying Pokémon. Sometimes, he gets so carried away that it embarrasses his daughter, prompting her to rein him in. As revealed in Radio Lulled the Mischievous Stars!, he feels that Chloe spends more time with Pokémon than him. He can also be overprotective towards her, as seen when got worried of the idea of her going to Sinnoh alone.

Professor Cerise has a good relationship with other Pokémon Professors, such as Professor Oak and Professor Magnolia.

Pokémon

This listing is of Professor Cerise's only known Pokémon in the anime:

With Ash, Goh, and Chloe

Adopted

Befriended

		Clefairy → Clefable
		Professor Cerise first encountered Clefable when it was a Clefairy when it was being chased by a Beedrill. Professor Cerise was able to scare the Beedrill away with a stick and with the help of Grover was able to heal it of its injury. Years later when on a camping trip with his family, Professor Cerise reunited with Clefairy after it evolved into a Clefable. A group of Clefairy were doing a dance around Moon Stones when they were attacked by a group of Golbat. With the help of Chloe's Eevee, the Golbat were driving away and the other Clefairy evolved into Clefable. Clefable's only known move is Metronome. Clefable has also used Thunder Wave, Petal Blizzard, and Psychic via Metronome.
Debut	Infinite Possibilities!
Voice actors
Japanese	Mariko Nagai

Gives to new Trainers

Professor Cerise has these Pokémon to give to new Trainers:

Other

Voice actors

Artwork

In the manga

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Professor Cerise appears in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, playing the same role as he does in the anime.

Names

References

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